A Social Capital Perspective of Innovation from Individuals to Nations: Where is Empirical Literature Directing Us?

By Wei Zheng. 2008

316 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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In Communication

1. Anne S. Tsui
2. Ahoura Zandiatashbar
3. Fikret Sozbilir
4. Jason D. Shaw
5. Shima Hamidi
6. L. Jia

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Anne S. Tsui
2. Ahoura Zandiatashbar
3. Fikret Sozbilir
4. Jason D. Shaw
5. Shima Hamidi
6. T. Park
7. Julie Juan Li

In Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

1. Ahoura Zandiatashbar
2. Fikret Sozbilir
3. Jason D. Shaw
4. Shima Hamidi

Citations in the corpus

• The interaction between social capital, creativity and efficiency in organizations (2018, background): “Various forms of social capital can be seen as contributing to information sharing, economic development, general problems of collective action, low transaction cost, human development, facilitating interunit resource exchange and product innovation, value creation, cross-functional team effectivene”
• The Strategic Management of Innovation: A Systematic Review and Paths for Future Research (2011, unknown): “There are reviews of specialized topics that all relate to innovation, such as the relationship between social capital and innovation (Zheng 2010); the measurement and valuation of the inputs and results of the innovation process (Adams et al. 2006; Johnson et al. 2002), specific types and…”
• Does urban form matter for innovation productivity? A national multi-level study of the association between neighbourhood innovation capacity and urban sprawl (2019, background): “Therefore, denser neighbourhoods can provide better access to human and social capital which would both affect innovation capacity (Dakhli and De Clercq, 2004; Zheng, 2010).”
• A SOCIAL-STRUCTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON EMPLOYEE- ORGANIZATION RELATIONSHIPS AND TEAM CREATIVITY (2014, background): “Building on research suggesting that social capital, the value inherent in relationships (Coleman, 1988), is “the bedrock of innovation” (Zheng, 2010: 151), we argue that EOR forms have implications for the density of workrelated communication patterns, which, in turn, relate to team creativity.”
• The Negative Effects of Social Capital in Organizations: A Review and Extension (2017, unknown): “…access, inter-unit resource exchange and product innovation (Huggins 2010; Maurer et al. 2011; Pittaway et al. 2004; Tsai and Ghoshal 1998; Zheng 2010) and intellectual capital creation (Nahapiet and Ghoshal 1998), (c) the effectiveness of workgroups (Oh et al. 2004), and (d) superior…”